Farmers and local leaders fear the $1.3 billion Tia Maria open-pit mine will contaminate irrigation water in the rice farming-rich Tambo valley on Peru's desert coast. Thousands have mobilized against the project, which is owned by Southern Peru Copper Corp., a subsidiary of Grupo Mexico.
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2015/0423/Month-long-protest-over-Peru-copper-mine-claims-first-life
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